Sales Reports

Lancaster Monday 11th January

Posted Monday, 11 January 2016, 1.44pm

PRIME HOGGS SELL TO £85 & 193P/KG AT NWA LANCASTER

NWA Lancaster held its weekly sale of prime hoggs on Monday 11th January which sold to a strong trade with all sold averaging 169 p/kg and SQQ 172p/kg. Well finished lambs regularly selling in excess of 180p/kg topping at 193p/kg for first cross Texels for GR Bargh & Co and £85 for Suffolks from TA Blair. Mules/Mashams sold to £76.50 with Swaledales £72. Lighter weight hoggs sold to 169p/kg providing hoggs were finished and not store.Cast sheep saw an improved trade for a better show forward. Ewes sold to £99 for pure Texels from MJ & K Ayrton with other pens of heavy pure ewes in excess of £90. Mules saw a top price of £73 (averaging £63) and hill ewes to £56 for best meated Swaledales. A small entry of cast rams sold to £119 for a Texel from PD Anderton with Charollais £100.Prime bulls sold to 180.5p/kg (£1066) for BRB x from E&N Wright & Sons with others 176p/kg. Native breed bulls sold to 169p/kg for Hereford x from GA Haston & Son.